Ossie Dawson
Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut | 7 June 1947 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 5 March 1949 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 15 November 2022 |
Oswald Charles Dawson MC (1 September 1919 – 22 December 2008) was a South African cricketer who played in 9 Test matches, all against England, in the 1947 and 1948–49 series.
He was a medium pace bowler and a useful late middle order batsman who was an important player for
Border from 1951–52 to 1961–62. He also played baseball for Natal.[1] His brother Denis played cricket for Kenya and East Africa.[2]
Before he came to prominence on the cricket field, he had a distinguished record in
References
- ^ Graham Short, The Trevor Goddard Story, Purfleet, Durban, 1965, p. 18.
- Cricket Archive. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- Cricinfo. 24 December 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
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